A WHISPERING GALLERY MODE INERTIAL SENSOR AND METHOD

A whispering gallery mode inertial sensor includes a whispering gallery mode resonator; an evanescent coupler configured to couple with an evanescent field of the resonator so that light is transmitted to and received from the resonator by the coupler; a displacement sensor configured to determine a...

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Hauptverfasser:	BARKER, Peter Francis, LI, Ying Lia
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK NAVIGATION PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS SURVEYING TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A whispering gallery mode inertial sensor includes a whispering gallery mode resonator; an evanescent coupler configured to couple with an evanescent field of the resonator so that light is transmitted to and received from the resonator by the coupler; a displacement sensor configured to determine a displacement of the resonator according to the light received from the resonator by the coupler; a controller configured to determine an acceleration and/or rate of rotations experienced by the resonator based on the displacement of the resonator, the controller being further configured to apply a restoring force to the resonator in a closed feedback loop based on the displacement of the resonator in order to maintain a predetermined mechanical state of the resonator; and a timing sensor configured to determine a timing signal based on an optical frequency comb produced by the resonator.